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New IAPH Membership dues starting from 2024

December 13, 2023

Dear Valued IAPH Members, We hope you and your team are keeping well under the present circumstances. First of all, we sincerely appreciate your continued support of our association for long years. Last year, the IAPH Board decided to introduce an indexation of membership dues, linked to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Japan and Belgium, the countries where our operational units are located and where we have our main organizational costs, for our organization to be financially sustainabl

IAPH meets incoming IMO secretary-general

December 08, 2023

The IMO Assembly also confirmed the appointment of Arsenio Dominguez, as new secretary-general of the organisation. Arsenio Dominguez had been elected by the IMO Council last July and his mandate will officially start on 1 January 2024 for an initial term of four years. He succeeds Kitack Lim in the role, who was IMO secretary-general for two terms. Prior to the Assembly meeting, a delegation of IAPH, including president Jens Meier, former president Santiago Garcia-Milà, managing director Patric

IAPH presented at ESCAP workshop

December 08, 2023

The United Nation’s Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) held a capacity building workshop on port digitalisation and smart ports in Bangkok on 29 and 30 November. Pascal Ollivier, chairman of the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee, gave a keynote address at the workshop, which was attended by 70 representatives of port authorities and ministries. The workshop highlighted the leading role of ESCAP as UN Regional Commission on port digitalisation matters among other UN re

IAPH-MEDports seminar expands ESI audience

December 08, 2023

IAPH held its first joint seminar with the MEDPorts Association on 30 November, focusing on theEnvironmental Ship Index (ESI)and how it could help positively impact Mediterranean shipping emissions reductions. The seminar, hosted by the Port of Barcelona, saw presentations from IAPH technical director Antonis Michail and business consultant Nick Blackmore, as well as Port of Amsterdam’s Henri van der Weide, who co-leads the working group for the ESI At Berth Project. The audience for the seminar

Welcome! Hartman & König Stromzuführungs AG from Germany

December 07, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Hartman & König Stromzuführungs AG has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Hartmann & König Stromzuführungs AG is one of the leading manufacturers of motorized cable reels, spring cable reels, and slip ring assemblies, which are used on container-, deck- and construction cranes, excavators, or hoisting equipment of all types. The company has been in the business for over 70 years, with a reputation for providing high-quality products. For more informatio

Welcome! Cable Factory BITNER from Poland

November 30, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Cable Factory BITNER has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Cable Factory BITNER is a cable and wire manufacturer that has been operating since 1996. They offer a wide range of products, including over 40,000 items divided into over a dozen product groups. Their products are used in various industries such as industrial automation, electrical, energy, telecommunication, and IT. The company has completed many large-scale projects in Poland, and their cables

Welcome! Yeji Data Lab inc. from Canada

November 28, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Yeji Data Lab inc. joined the IAPH as an associate member. Yeji Data Lab inc. is an AI solution provider for various industries and sectors, such as energy, health, manufacturing, and transportation. The company offers AI advisory, AI at scale, and AI funding services. It helps its clients adopt and utilize AI technology, develop and deploy AI applications, and access grant programs for AI projects. For more information, please visit the following website.

IAPH co-sponsors IMO submission on organised crime

November 24, 2023

After thorough discussions and corresponding communications within the Risk and Resilience Committee, IAPH was able to co-sponsor a submission to the 33rd session of the IMO Assembly. The submission, titled‘Combatting Security Threats by Organised Crime in the Maritime Industry’aims to garner support for an Assembly Resolution that raises awareness within the maritime sector regarding the profound impacts of illicit trade and organised crime. This joint submission is a collaborative effort initi

IAPH steps up on closer ties with WCO

November 24, 2023

Last week IAPH's Data Collaboration Committee chairman Pascal Ollivier and communications director Victor Shieh met with colleagues of the World Customs Organization Lazzat Daniyariva, Tejo Kusuma and Cristina Varela Vaz at their headquarters in Brussels to discuss follow-up plans for thejointly-published guidelines on cooperation between Customs and Port Authoritieswhich were presented at the IAPH 2023 World Ports Conference by WCO deputy secretary-general Ricardo Treviño Chapa. The following d

IAPH participated in IMO cybersecurity symposium

November 24, 2023

The International Maritime Organization and the University of Plymouth’s Cyber-SHIP Lab jointly organised a symposium on maritime cyber security and resilience at the IMO headquarters on 1-2 November. The symposium shared the latest international maritime cyber risk evaluation and mitigation research and explored how governments, industry, researchers, and NGOs can collaborate to build international maritime supply chain cyber resilience. Industry and academic expert speakers addressed topics ac

White paper on Environmental Ship Index published

November 24, 2023

IAPH launched this week adedicated white paper on the Environmental Ship Index (ESI), citing testimonials from world ports on how to use the index to facilitate vessel emissions reductions. Subtitled ‘Setting the standard for maritime environmental performance’, it is aimed at providing a clear introduction to newcomers interested in joining this long-running scheme. ESI is used by 60 global ports and other maritime administrations for providing incentives to owners of over 6,600 ships to perfor

Mediterranean ESI seminar on 30 November

November 24, 2023

A special seminar hosted by the MEDPorts Association in conjunction with IAPH on how to incentivise shipowners to reduce emissions will be held in hybrid format at the Port of Barcelona on 30 November. This seminar will focus on how the IAPH Environmental Ship Index can positively impact Mediterranean shipping emissions reductions. The seminar coincides with the ESI Stakeholders Assembly which is being organised by the Green Award Foundation, which administers the index for IAPH. ESI was created